We have two local shopping options for you this week. First up, 88NINE Radio Milwaukee holds its Fall Ball on Friday and you are invited. Next? Wine at the Zoo. And, there's a chance to win free tickets to the Saturday wine event!

Molly Snyder's paean to Samson the gorilla - "Milwaukee's most celebrated zoo resident of all time" - cries out for a rebuttal on behalf of an animal that not only kicked Samson's big hairy keister as a local zoo attraction, but could've literally done so in a fight under the Marquis of Queensbury rules.

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I wish I had a buck for every schmuck who's made this claim through the years because in my opinion they really haven't made any effort whatsoever at trying to find all this city has to offer. As the Summer continues to dwindle here in MKE my wife and I are always t...